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    It is not the case that A single world-wide republic of united individuals should be established, replacing all existing states.

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    • 1.A world-state with a monopoly on legitimate force would have no external check on tyranny, making despotism structurally inevitable.
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    • 2.Kant himself argued in 'Perpetual Peace' that a voluntary federation of republics, not a world-state, is the only form compatible with freedom.
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    • 3.The diversity of political communities provides competitive experimentation that generates better governance over time, which consolidation destroys.
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    • 1.The social contract derives legitimacy from the consent of a bounded demos sharing common interests, history, and mutual obligation.
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    • 2.No global demos exists with sufficient solidarity to generate legitimate authority, so the social contract argument cannot scale to the world level.
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    • 3.Democratic self-determination requires the possibility of collective exit and revision, which a single world republic structurally forecloses.
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    • 1.It is in the general interest for everyone to submit to the authority of a state that enforces laws providing security.
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    • 2.If the social contract argument justifies the establishment of a state for a given group, it applies equally at the world-wide level.
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    • 3.A plurality of states exists in a state of nature vis-à-vis each other, which the social contract is meant to overcome.
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